Sled-brake



(No Model.)

T. GILLOGLBY.

SLED BRAKE.

No. 389,700. Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

THOMAs GILLOGLEY, OE HIGH MARKET,4 NEW YORK.

SLED-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters rPatent'. No. 389,700, datedSeptember 18, 1888.

Application filed February 20, 1888. Serial No. 264,644. (No model.)

To aZ whom it may concern:

].Se it known that l, THoMAs GILLOGLEY, a citlzen of the United States,residing at High Market, in the county of Lewis and State of New York,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sled-Brakes; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon,which for-m a partof this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbob-sleds; and the nov elty resides in the peculiar1 combinations and 1nthe construction, arrangement, and adaptatlon of parts, all as morefully hereinafter de-. scribed, shown in the drawings, and thenparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Similarletters of referenceindicatelike partsin both views.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in Whieh-a v Figure 1 is a perspective view of abob-sled embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 atop plan thereof.

Referring now to Vthe details of the drawings by letter, A designatesthe runners, B the raves, and C the cross girts or sills, all of whichparts may be of any approved construction and material. The forward endsof the runners are connected by the bar c. To the rear ends of therunners are secured the arms b, braced by the angular braces c, securedto said arms and to the cross-girt, Yas shown.

To these arms b are pvotally secured the shoes D, the inner ends ofwhich are bifurcated and embrace the arm b, as shown in Fig. 2.Detachably secured to the outer ends of these shoes are thedownwardly-extending calks E, which are braced by the braces d, as seenin Fig. 1. From the shoes D, near their pivots, rise the standards F,the upper ends of which are connected 'by the cross-bar G. g g arebraces connecting the. said standards with the shoes. Secured to thecross-girts are the longitudinal bars h, to which is secured the bolsterH, beneath which is arranged the connecting-bar I, the rear end of whichis pivotally connected to the cross-bar G, as shown at i. The forwardend of this bar H is pivotally secured in the forks of the lever J,`which is pivoted near the center of its length to the bar K, secured tothe cross-girts and braced by the iron L, secured to said bar K, andthrough which the pivot of the lever'passes. Pivoted at one end of theblock l, secured to the rave of the runner, is the operating-lever M,which has pivotally connected therewith between its ends the rod N, theother end of which is piv- 'otally connected with the end ofthe lever J.

I am aware that it is not new to pivot to the rear ends of the runnersshoes provided with calks, and to connect the same by pivotalconnections with the operating-lever pivoted at the front end of thesled; and I do not seek to cover said construction, broadly, butrestrict myself to my particular construction, attaching specialimportance to the braces F d and other peculiarities of construction, asspeciiied by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be'new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the runners,of the shoes pivoted to the rearends thereof and provided with calks, the braces d for said calks, andbraces F, the lever pivoted to the crossgirt of the runners, theoperating-lever pivoted to the forward end ofthe runner, and pivotalconnections between the two levers and with the shoes, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the runners, the raves, the crossgi rts, andthe holsters arranged with a space between the rave and the girts, ofthe arms b, secured to the rear ends of the runners, the shoes pivotedto said arms, the standards rising from said shoes, thecrossbar'conneoting said standards, the operating lever pivoted to thefront end of the runner, the lever pivoted to the crossgirt, the barpivotally connecting the lever with the crossbar, and the rod pivotallyconnected with the two levers and the brace-iron L, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAs GILLOGLEY.

Vitnesses:

JAMES DOYLE, H. C. SovILLE.

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